Air Botnia (thing)

Airline company operating flights in Scandinavia. It was founded in 1988 in Finland. All Air Botnia shares were purchased by SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) in 1998 and has since then been a SAS subsidiary. The purpose of Air Botnia is basically to feed Finnish passengers to the SAS hubs in Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen and in this way gain market from Finnair to SAS. Air Botnia operates on short haul only, within Scandinavia the only ecxeption is their direct flights between London and Helsinki. The relationship between Scandinavian Airlines and Air Botnia is called "Well connected"